input wanted regarding choice of hw for home wireless ap

[Nathaniel Goodman]

On May 4, 2015 3:07:06 PM GMT+01:00, Lars Engels <lars.engels at 0x20.net> wrote:
>On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 09:09:24PM +0000, Nathaniel Goodman wrote:
>> Hope this is the right list to pose the question;
>> 
>> I am on the market for a low-cost, low-power arm device to run
>FreeBSD (preferably, not -current) on. Its sole function will be acting
>as a wireless ap/pf firewall for a small network.
>> 
>> Now, I am new to this area, having only run FreeBSD on a rpi 1 some
>months ago.
>> 
>> FreeBSD, barring some unforeseen limitation, is definitely my choice
>for this project;
>> 
>> Here are the main points:
>> 
>> - Gigabit ethernet (wired).
>> - Must be able to route at least 30mbps [preferably (much) more].
>> - Must run fbsd 10 [I realize arm is not tier 1] and do so in a
>stable manner.
>> - Under $200.
>> 
>> Would any of the members be able to contribute some expertise given
>the scenario described above?
>
>That one maybe? (MIPS based)
>https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-wifi-build/wiki/TPLink-TL-WDR3600

Looks good! I will pick this one up, nice catch!

Any idea whether it must run -current and not 10-stable though?

How is it these days for arm/mips binary packages, any kind soul running a pkg repo? Should I be the kind soul?